{"id":24554,"date":"2015-08-12T17:04:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T15:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=24554"},"modified":"2015-08-12T17:04:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T15:04:17","slug":"how-to-choose-the-right-domain-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/12\/how-to-choose-the-right-domain-name\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Choose the Right Domain Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/firstsiteguide.com\/\">First Site Guide<\/a> runs a good article on <a href=\"http:\/\/firstsiteguide.com\/choose-domain\/\">how to choose the right domain name<\/a>. \u00a0I mostly agree with it, except for maybe this part:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b> No numbers or hyphens<\/b><br \/>\nNumbers and hyphens (especially hyphens) cause confusion. Stay away from them at all costs. Even something as clever as the number1website.com will cause confusion. Make the name speak for itself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Especially the part about hyphens. \u00a0Ideally, I&#8217;d say you should use a single word domain. \u00a0But if you do have two or more words, use hyphens. \u00a0Hyphens act as separators, much like spaces, and make your domain more readable. \u00a0Have a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/worst-domain-names\/\">these domains<\/a> and imagine them hyphened &#8211; that&#8217;d be a totally different story, don&#8217;t you think?<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>First Site Guide runs a good article on how to choose the right domain name. \u00a0I mostly agree with it, except for maybe this part: No numbers or hyphens Numbers and hyphens (especially hyphens) cause confusion. Stay away from them at all costs. Even something as clever as the number1website.com will cause confusion. Make the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/12\/how-to-choose-the-right-domain-name\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Choose the Right Domain Name<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"How to Choose the Right Domain Name #WebWork #marketing #domains","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[1762,1290],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-24554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-domain-names","tag-marketing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28321,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/09\/zero-width-characters\/","url_meta":{"origin":24554,"position":0},"title":"Zero-Width Characters","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This article shows a couple of interesting zero-width characters techniques for the invisible fingeprinting of text. 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